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West Central Cooperative has announced they have opened applications for their Excellence in Agriculture Scholarships. They will be awarding four $1,500 scholarships to any accredited post-secondary program for high school seniors pursuing a career in agriculture or

With recent talk of wind chills and even predictions of snow in northern parts of the state, now is the ideal time to prepare your home for the colder winter months ahead to reduce energy usage, and hopefully

With long-term care costs for an individual estimated at $50,000 to $60,000 per year, caregiver assistance in the home is on the rise. Many times, these caregivers don’t recognize themselves in that category; they merely do it

Before the snow starts to fly crews with MidAmerican Energy will be out trimming trees in order to improve the reliability of service this winter. Up to 10% of all electrical outages are caused by falling trees

Presidential Candidate, former Governor of Pennsylvania Rick Santorum, told Carroll area residents that he was Tea Party before the Tea Party existed, and he believes that as a constitutionalist, he has differentiated himself from the other Republican

Hot on the heels of the last GOP Presidential debate on Wednesday evening, former Arkansas Governor and Presidential hopeful, Mike Huckabee, will be making a stop in Carroll Friday, Oct. 30, during a campaign swing through the

A new program has recently been introduced that will assist communities under 50,000 in population with supporting their workforce needs by developing rental housing in the community. The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) has unveiled the Workforce Housing

Former Pennsylvania Senator and current Republican Party Presidential Candidate, Rick Santorum, will be in Carroll this Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Santa Maria Winery. The event, beginning at 6:30 p.m., is open to the public. Santorum is

September unemployment rates for the Western Iowa Advantage eight county area decreased nearly one full percent to 2.8 percent from the 3.7 percent rate in September of last year. The Iowa unemployment rate was down to 3.6

Thirteen-year-old Paige Janet Johnstone was found safe in Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 24, after an amber alert was issued following her abduction on Oct. 23, from Ottumwa. She was reportedly abducted by 19-year-old Kevin Ariel Toala Ramirez,

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A bail spear caused about $5,000 in damage to a Cooper man’s vehicle. The Greene County Sheriff’s Office was called to the scene of the accident at approximately 2:04 p.m. Wednesday at 290th Street...Read More

For the second consecutive year, New Hope has passed a state inspection with zero deficiencies. Of the 140 intermediate care facilities in the state, only about a fourth of these are found to be...Read More

Dense fog limited visibility on Tuesday morning and that combined with a snow-packed roadway, resulted in an accident on Sycamore Avenue at Highway 30, west of Glidden. At approximately 8:23 a.m., a 1994 International...Read More